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What is the technical explanation to limit size of sdd to connect? (lemmy.pe1uca.dev)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.pe1uca.dev/post/1136490

I'm checking this mini pc https://www.acemagic.com/products/acemagic-ad08-intel-core-i9-11900h-mini-pc

It says the M2 and SATA ports are limited to 2TB, but I can't imagine why that's the case.
Could there be a limit on the motherboard? On the CPU?
If most likely this is done in software (windows) probably it won't matter since I'm planning to switch to linux.

What I want to avoid is buying it and being unable to use an 8TB drive.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 months ago

2TB SSDs can be had in "single sided" versions where the chips are only on one side. At the moment I don't think there any any 4tb drives that aren't dual sided.

I'm going to assume that mini PC just doesn't have space under the slot for a dual sided SSD. Many laptops are the same way.